FISHING -- The "northern pike" reported to have been captured in the John Day Pool and mentioned in this blog this week was a mistake, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fish managers say.

The so-called pike showing up in the John Day Pool mentioned in the Northwest Power and Conservation Council agenda apparently was a northern pikeminnow improperly identified on paper, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say. WDFW staffer Stacie Kelsey, who's involved with the state and tribal fish monitoring in the Columbia River, said she hadn't heard a report of a northern pike showing up that far downstream.

"I've received several contacts over the last couple of years about anglers thinking the pike and pikeminnow were the same fish," she said.

Stacy Horton, state policy analyst/biologist, wrote the agenda summary for the council meeting.

The Kettle Falls area remains the farthest downstream in the Columbia that northern pike have officially been confirmed, says Bruce Botka, WDFW spokesman.